Microsoft TechEd Review – Day 1
Lets begin with my Microsoft TechEd review. This is day one. I plan (time permitting) to write a quick review every day until the conference closes. Microsoft TechEd Review Lets begin by saying, this is the year for the Cloud Wars. Amazon, Google, Microsoft, VMware. Every conference by every vendor is talking about all new features GA’ing and new services being added on and price drops. Its pretty awesome to watch if you are a consumer of cloud resources. Pretty cool. Keynote Disclaimer: I wont really be covering the keynote, as most of it was about Microsoft Azure, and as most people know I work for VMware in the Hybrid Cloud Business Unit, and ultimately as Azure is a direct competitor to VMware vCHS I wont talk about the announcements they made. I am sure anyone that interested can Google or as Microsoft would prefer BING to find out more. I […]
vCloud Hybrid Service Ask Me Anything – Reddit
Interested in VMware’s vCloud Hybrid Service? Have questions you want to ask? Well if you answered yes, then you need to sign up to the vCloud Hybrid Service – Reddit Ask Me Anything. It sound really cool. This is what the registration page says: Have a burning question about hybrid cloud? Curious about the vCloud Hybrid Service, but don’t know how to get started? Now’s your chance to ask and receive answers straight from some of the best and brightest hybrid cloud experts at VMware! On Monday, May 19 from 1-2pm PT, VMware will be on hand to answer any and all of your hybrid cloud questions live during hybrid cloud AMA on Reddit. Here’s who will be attending: Mathew Lodge, Vice President, Cloud Services at VMware Angelos Kottas, Director, Product Marketing, Hybrid Cloud Services at VMware Jason Lochhead, Chief Architect, vCloud Hybrid Service at VMware Looking for advice? Have a technical question? […]
vCloud Hybrid Service launches two new offerings
Yesterday vCloud Hybrid Service launched two new offerings and released them into the public cloud. This is of personal interest to me as I was the Tech Marketing lead for these two new releases. For me, being part of the team that is launching these offerings, and the rapid speed of delivery and growth within VMware’s vCloud Hybrid Service gives me great pleasure, and pride. Anyway, lets get on with the technical stuff. Standard Storage Tier First up is storage tiering. vCHS now offers two types of storage tier. SSD Accelerated and Standard. SSD-Accelerated is exactly that, an SSD-Accelerated tier, that uses SSD Caching to increase the performance. Standard storage is slightly different, it is just plain old spindle based storage without any SSD Acceleration, resulting in a lower performance. As The Register puts it “Plain old spinning rust”. For me, its an important part of cloud, offering multiple types of […]
vExpert access to vCloud Air
Have you just been awarded vExpert 2014 status? Want to try vCloud Air for 30 days? If so, then you can now. Chris Colotti and Jeramiah Dooley have setup a process and plan to get vExpert’s free access on a rolling 30 days basis. Pretty cool or what? For more information on the process and to sign up for this free access, here is a list of required links. Please read the extensive program guide for full information. Program Information Post on Community Forums Program Guide Sign Up Form Participant Calendar I think this is a really great way to try some cloud resources for free. As a vExpert myself, I know I always appreciate new stuff I can experiment with, to see how it could potentially improve the infrastructure and designs I build. This is a great way to do this. As mentioned on Chris’s site, there is a few […]